Combined roll-holder, cutter, and twine-holder



J. H. READER COMBINED ROLL HOLDER, CUTTER, AND TWINE HOLDER. APPLICATIONFILED mum. 1915. RENEWED MAR. 30, 1920.

1,340,132. I Patented May 11,1920.

JAMES H. READER, OF KANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA.

COMBINED ROLL-HOLDER, CUTTER, AND TWINE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application filed July 17, 1915, Serial No. 40,469. Renewed March 30,1920. Serial No. 370,036.

skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The primary object of'this invention 1s to admit of the holders forpaper rolls and twine being so disposed with relation to a counter in astore thatthey will not take up room on the counter, will not interferewith the service over the counter, and will be so disposed that thepaper and cord can be conveniently reached by the person desiring accessto the same.

Another object of the invention is to combine a paper roll holder andtwine holder, that can be manufactured cheaply and readily installed ina store.

Other objects will appear and be further understood from that embodimentof my invention of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the combined paper roll holder and twineholder in applied position.

ig. 2 is an end view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the paper roll holder and twine holder isdesignated, as an entirety, by the letter A and includes a pair ofvertically disposed depending supports arranged in spaced relation andeach of which is formed of an upper tubular section 1 having its upperend received by an annular flanged cap 2 adapted to have detachableconnection with the ceiling, by means of the fastening element 3, asshown in the drawing, and a lower tubular section t, the said lowersection 4 having connection with the upper section 1 by means of aT-joint 5. The lower ends of the lower sections 44: have mounted thereonT joints 66.

Positioned at the lower ends of the lower sections 4-4 of the verticallydisposed supports, and on opposite sides of said supports and extendingat right angles to the lower sections are tubular arms 7 and 8, each ofthe arms having one end received by the adjacent T joint and having itsopposite end received by one end of a U coupling 9, the opposite ends ofthe U-shaped couplings carried by the supporting arms of one of thevertical supports being extended in the direction of the U couplingscarried by the tubular arms on the opposite vertical support. Thelast-mentioned ends of U couplings are provided with cut-out portions10. The cutout portions 10 on opposing couplings are adapted to receiveand form bearings for the opposite ends of rollers 1111, which rollersextend through and support rolls of paper, designated 12 and 13.

Interposed between the vertically depending supports and extending atright angles thereto is a bar formed of a plurality of tubular sections14, 15, 16 and 17. These sections are connected, to form a unitarystructure, by means of the heads of T joints 18, 19 and 20, as shown inFig. 1, and the extreme sections 1 1 and 17 have connection with thestems of the T joints 5-5 carried by the adjacent vertical dependingsupports.

The stems of the T joints or couplings 18, 19. and 20 extend upwardly,as shown in Fig. 1, and the said stems of the said T joint couplingsreceive supporting stems 23, 24, and 25 carried by substantiallyglobular shaped twine holders 26, 27 and 28, each of the said twineholders comprising companion semispherical sections, the uppermostsection of each twine holder being removable and perforated for thepassage of twine, designated by the letter C, therethrough and thelowermost sections of the twine holders having secured thereto the lowerends of vertically disposed guides 29, 30 and 31, the said guides havingtheir upper ends disposed above the respective twine holders and eachhaving its upper end provided with an eye 32 through which passes thetwine, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

Each of the upper sections 1 of the vertically disposed supports, isprovided with a guide 33 which is formed of a piece of wire coiled at apoint adjacent one end to provide an eye 34 for the passage of thetwine, and the opposite terminals of the guides 33 are bent at rightangles to the main body portion of the guides, as shown at 35 and 36,and serve to hold the said guides spaced from the adjacent section 1 andare secured to the said sections by soldering or in any other suitablemanner. The guides 33 have slidably mounted thereon weights 37, and

these weights 37 have the twine U passing therethrough and said weightsare adapted when the twine is being pulled upon the holders and throughthe guides to have vertical sliding movement on the guide 33, and whenthe twine is released said weights will descend and place the twineunder tension.

Each of the sections 1e and 17 has associated therewith a pair ofswinging arcuate shaped arms 38 and 39, the arms forming each pairextending in opposite directions and downwardly toward the oppositerolls of paper 12 and 18, and the respective arms have connection withthe sections 14 and 17 by eyes 89, formed by looping the upper terminalsof the arms and which eyes loosely receive the respective sections. Thelower ends of the arms 38 and the lower ends of the arms 39 carrytransversely extending strips 11 and 42, each strip having a bevelededge 13 and the rear surface of the strips 41 and 4:2 carry metallicstrips 44-, which project below the lower longitudinal edges of thestrips 41 and 12 and rest upon the adjacent rolls of paper 12 and 13,and serve to provide guide strips by means of which the paper can betorn evenly from the roll.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be seen that a combined paper A roll holder comprisinga pair of vertically disposed supporting elements, horizontally disposedarms located at the lower ends of the supporting elements and securedthereto and extending at right angles to the supporting elements,roll-supporting ele ments journaled in the opposite ends of therespective arms, a bar interposed between the vertically disposedsupporting elements and disposed above the planes of the arms and theroll supporting elements, roll-engaging strips, and arcuate shaped armspivotally carried by the bar and having connection with theroll-engaging strips.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. READER. Witnesses J. H. Don'roN, H. W. CALDWELL.

